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How Dogs Get Their Natural Hairdos

There are literally hundreds of dog species around the world, and most of them can be easily recognized by their unique hairdos, featuring various types of curls, thicknesses, and other such elements. For a long time, experts have wondered what it is exactly that sets breed coiffures apart from one another in terms o...

28 August 2009
05:26 GMT

Dogs Cannot Read Owners' Minds, Study Shows

A new scientific study finds that, in spite of having lived close to humans for the last several tens of millennia, dogs are utterly unable to read a person's mind. The recent experiments focused on the behavior of dogs, which proved that they still trusted unreliable people. The finds again hammer down the so-...

18 August 2009
06:11 GMT

Dogs Are Just as Intelligent as Two-Year-Old Children

According to a new investigation, it would appear that most dogs have the same intelligence level as a two-year-old child, experts say. While this is true for most species, others, such as border collies, poodles and German shepherds (in this precise order), have a brain developed enough to be considered similar to t...

10 August 2009
05:07 GMT

The Origin of Popular Dog Breeds

Dogs have been an essential part of human life for the last 15,000 years, when the first specimens were domesticated. Anthropologists and historians underline the fact that our evolution would not have been the same were it not for the protection, hunting, and herding abilities that the canines brought to the “...

4 August 2009
03:41 GMT

Infants Understand Different Dog Barks

According to a new scientific study, infants just six months old have the ability to distinguish between the meaning of various types of dog barks, despite having limited or no contact with the animals previous to the experiments. The investigation revealed that the youngsters could positively associate angry snarls ...

21 July 2009
04:42 GMT

How Dogs Don't Flip When Accelerating

When a race car or a drag car accelerates, a large amount of force is pressing at the tip of the vehicle. This translates into the fact that its nose often lifts off the ground, and it runs the risk of being flipped over when it accelerates suddenly. The same peril threatens race dogs, believe it or not. When they bu...

25 June 2009
03:09 GMT

Dogs Are More Like Humans than Primates

According to a new growing consensus in the scientific community, dogs are more close to humans than primates, even though the latter share many of our genes. The researchers who advocate this point of view say that dogs have become closer to us after 10,000 to 20,000 years of common evolution. Over this period of ti...

27 March 2009
04:51 GMT

PETA Joins the Fight Against Call of Duty Dog Killing

We reported yesterday that a few outraged teenagers decided to start a petition against Activision and its Call of Duty shooter franchise. With the recent bad publicity that video games have gotten, you would think they were against depicting violence against people in games, but actually they didn't like the fa...

25 March 2009
17:41 GMT

10-Foot Snake Swallows Pet Terrier

When an Australian Terrier owner woke up in the morning and found that her darling Bindi wasn't around the kitchen, she knew that something was wrong, so she went on to look for the small dog. Owner Patty Buntine scouted throughout the house and in the yard, but found no sign of the canine. However, she did come...

17 March 2009
07:38 GMT

Nintendogs Hints XXVI (DS)

Nintendogs is a real-time pet simulation video game series developed and published, as the title suggests, by Nintendo, exclusively for its DS handheld console. The franchise has won over a lot of fans due to its fun gameplay and relatively realistic experience. The first installment was released in Japan, and th...

12 March 2009
07:58 GMT

Nintendogs Hints XXV (DS)

Nintendogs is a real-time pet simulation video game series developed and published, as the title suggests, by Nintendo, exclusively for its DS handheld console. The franchise has won over a lot of fans due to its fun gameplay and relatively realistic experience. The first installment was released in Japan, and then i...

11 March 2009
07:54 GMT

Nintendogs Hints XXIV (DS)

Nintendogs is a real-time pet simulation video game series developed and published, as the title suggests, by Nintendo, exclusively for its DS handheld console. The franchise has won over a lot of fans due to its fun gameplay and relatively realistic experience. The first installment was released in Japan, and then i...

10 March 2009
07:24 GMT

Nintendogs Hints XXIII (DS)

Nintendogs is a real-time pet simulation video game series developed and published, as the title suggests, by Nintendo, exclusively for its DS handheld console. The franchise has won over a lot of fans due to its fun gameplay and relatively realistic experience. The first installment was released in Japan, and then i...

9 March 2009
07:55 GMT

Woman Found Trapped in Recycling Bin

A woman's love for her dog might have just saved her life. After failing to hear from her for a couple of days, friends of 76-year-old Mary Davis went to her house, only to find her trapped inside a 25-gallon plastic recycling tank, essentially folded in half. She most likely got thrown off her feet by her dog D...

6 March 2009
08:47 GMT

Nintendogs Hints XXII (DS)

Nintendogs is a real-time pet simulation video game series developed and published, as the title suggests, by Nintendo, exclusively for its DS handheld console. The franchise has won over a lot of fans due to its fun gameplay and relatively realistic experience. The first installment was released in Japan, and then i...

6 March 2009
08:15 GMT

Nintendogs Hints XXI (DS)

Nintendogs is a real-time pet simulation video game series developed and published, as the title suggests, by Nintendo, exclusively for its DS handheld console. The franchise has won over a lot of fans due to its fun gameplay and relatively realistic experience. The first installment was released in Japan, and then i...

5 March 2009
09:56 GMT

Nintendogs Hints XX (DS)

Nintendogs is a real-time pet simulation video game series developed and published, as the title suggests, by Nintendo, exclusively for its DS handheld console. The franchise has won over a lot of fans due to its fun gameplay and relatively realistic experience. The first installment was released in Japan, and then i...

4 March 2009
08:17 GMT

Nintendogs Hints XIX (DS)

Nintendogs is a real-time pet simulation video game series developed and published, as the title suggests, by Nintendo, exclusively for its DS handheld console. The franchise has won over a lot of fans due to its fun gameplay and relatively realistic experience. The first installment was released in Japan, and then i...

3 March 2009
08:30 GMT

Nintendogs Hints XVIII (DS)

Nintendogs is a real-time pet simulation video game series developed and published, as the title suggests, by Nintendo, exclusively for its DS handheld console. The franchise has won over a lot of fans due to its fun gameplay and relatively realistic experience. The first installment was released in Japan, and then i...

2 March 2009
07:28 GMT

Nintendogs Hints XVII (DS)

Nintendogs is a real-time pet simulation video game series developed and published, as the title suggests, by Nintendo, exclusively for its DS handheld console. The franchise has won over a lot of fans due to its fun gameplay and relatively realistic experience. The first installment was released in Japan, and then i...

27 February 2009
07:45 GMT

Nintendogs Hints XVI (DS)

Nintendogs is a real-time pet simulation video game series developed and published, as the title suggests, by Nintendo, exclusively for its DS handheld console. The franchise has won over a lot of fans due to its fun gameplay and relatively realistic experience. The first installment was released in Japan, and then i...

26 February 2009
07:30 GMT

Nintendogs Hints XV (DS)

Nintendogs is a real-time pet simulation video game series developed and published, as the title suggests, by Nintendo, exclusively for its DS handheld console. The franchise has won over a lot of fans due to its fun gameplay and relatively realistic experience. The first installment was released in Japan, and then i...

25 February 2009
09:07 GMT

Nintendogs Hints XIV (DS)

Nintendogs is a real-time pet simulation video game series developed and published, as the title suggests, by Nintendo, exclusively for its DS handheld console. The franchise has won over a lot of fans due to its fun gameplay and relatively realistic experience. The first installment was released in Japan, and then i...

24 February 2009
09:04 GMT

Nintendogs Hints XIII (DS)

Nintendogs is a real-time pet simulation video game series developed and published, as the title suggests, by Nintendo, exclusively for its DS handheld console. The franchise has won over a lot of fans due to its fun gameplay and relatively realistic experience. The first installment was released in Japan, and then i...

23 February 2009
08:56 GMT

Nintendogs Hints XII (DS)

Nintendogs is a real-time pet simulation video game series developed and published, as the title suggests, by Nintendo, exclusively for its DS handheld console. The franchise has won over a lot of fans due to its fun gameplay and relatively realistic experience. The first installment was released in Japan, and then i...

20 February 2009
07:28 GMT

Cloned Wolves Will Mate to Test Reproductive Ability

A South Korean cloning expert has recently announced that a new scientific study will have two cloned wolves mate, in order to test if they can bring to life viable offspring. This type of experiment is unprecedented in the history of cloning, and will most likely shed some light on the way modified genetic factors b...

19 February 2009
10:11 GMT

Nintendogs Hints XI (DS)

Nintendogs is a real-time pet simulation video game series developed and published, as the title suggests, by Nintendo, exclusively for its DS handheld console. The franchise has won over a lot of fans due to its fun gameplay and relatively realistic experience. The first installment was released in Japan, and then i...

19 February 2009
09:41 GMT

Indian Boy Marries Dog to Escape Tiger

A village in rural India has been home to something that seems to be taken directly from the story books, namely the wedding of a two year-old infant to a dog, so as to avoid possible attacks from tigers and other such beasts. The ritual is not recognized in the country, but many in the poorest regions still practice...

18 February 2009
10:16 GMT

Nintendogs Hints X (DS)

Nintendogs is a real-time pet simulation video game series developed and published, as the title suggests, by Nintendo, exclusively for its DS handheld console. The franchise has won over a lot of fans due to its fun gameplay and relatively realistic experience. The first installment was released in Japan, and then i...

18 February 2009
08:57 GMT

Nintendogs Hints IX (DS)

Nintendogs is a real-time pet simulation video game series developed and published, as the title suggests, by Nintendo, exclusively for its DS handheld console. The franchise has won over a lot of fans due to its fun gameplay and relatively realistic experience. The first installment was released in Japan, and then i...

17 February 2009
07:25 GMT

Nintendogs Hints VIII (DS)

Nintendogs is a real-time pet simulation video game series developed and published, as the title suggests, by Nintendo, exclusively for its DS handheld console. The franchise has won over a lot of fans due to its fun gameplay and relatively realistic experience. The first installment was released in Japan, and then i...

16 February 2009
07:47 GMT

Nintendogs Hints VII (DS)

Nintendogs is a real-time pet simulation video game series developed and published, as the title suggests, by Nintendo, exclusively for its DS handheld console. The franchise has won over a lot of fans due to its fun gameplay and relatively realistic experience. The first installment was released in Japan, and then i...

13 February 2009
09:49 GMT

Nintendogs Hints VI (DS)

Nintendogs is a real-time pet simulation video game series developed and published, as the title suggests, by Nintendo, exclusively for its DS handheld console. The franchise has won over a lot of fans due to its fun gameplay and relatively realistic experience. The first installment was released in Japan, and then i...

12 February 2009
09:03 GMT

Nintendogs Hints V (DS)

Nintendogs is a real-time pet simulation video game series developed and published, as the title suggests, by Nintendo, exclusively for its DS handheld console. The franchise has won over a lot of fans due to its fun gameplay and relatively realistic experience. The first installment was released in Japan, and then i...

11 February 2009
13:11 GMT

How to Train Your Puppy

There are currently millions of puppies living in homes all over the United States, and each and every one of them is supposed to receive love and compassion from the people who have adopted them. One of the main things that owners want and need to do when buying or getting a puppy is to train the animal in the way o...

11 February 2009
09:09 GMT

The World's 6 Smallest Animals

All around the world, people are used to seeing all sorts of animals, of various shapes and sizes. New species appear or go extinct everyday, yet there are those creatures that seem so peculiar to us because they are very very tiny. And from an evolutionary point of view, they make no sense, seeing how size is usuall...

11 February 2009
01:57 GMT

Smokers Would Quit to Avoid Harming Their Pets

Second-hand smoking is just as dangerous to pets as it is to humans, a new scientific study has showed just recently. After making this information the focus point of a survey, researchers have learned that more than a quarter of people now smoking regularly would quit the habit in order to protect their beloved pets...

10 February 2009
13:01 GMT

Nintendogs Hints IV (DS)

Nintendogs is a real-time pet simulation video game series developed and published, as the title suggests, by Nintendo, exclusively for its DS handheld console. The franchise has won over a lot of fans due to its fun gameplay and relatively realistic experience. The first installment was released in Japan, and then i...

10 February 2009
13:01 GMT

Nintendogs Hints III (DS)

Nintendogs is a real-time pet simulation video game series developed and published, as the title suggests, by Nintendo, exclusively for its DS handheld console. The franchise has won over a lot of fans due to its fun gameplay and relatively realistic experience. The first installment was released in Japan, and then i...

9 February 2009
13:21 GMT

Nintendogs Hints II (DS)

Nintendogs is a real-time pet simulation video game series developed and published, as the title suggests, by Nintendo, exclusively for its DS handheld console. The franchise has won over a lot of fans due to its fun gameplay and relatively realistic experience. The first installment was released in Japan, and then i...

6 February 2009
17:41 GMT

Nintendogs Hints (DS)

Nintendogs is a real-time pet simulation video game series developed and published, as the title suggests, by Nintendo, exclusively for its DS handheld console. The franchise has won over a lot of fans due to its fun gameplay and relatively realistic experience. The first installment was released in Japan, and then i...

5 February 2009
17:01 GMT

Boston Teen Seeks 'Debarking' Ban

A fifteen-year-old boy from Boston is the main driving force behind a new bill that proposes the banning of the medical practice known as “debarking,” which is just an euphemism for surgically removing a dog's or cat's vocal cords, for the ridiculous reason that they are a nuisance to people aro...

4 February 2009
09:41 GMT

First Cloned Dog Reaches Florida

Ed and Nina Otto, from Boca Raton, Florida, are the first US owners of a cloned dog, having paid $155,000 to resurrect their former beloved pet, Sir Lancelot. California-based company BioArts, working from Korea, was responsible for creating the new puppy, following an action they held last July, during which they pu...

29 January 2009
07:06 GMT

Petting Pets Releases 'Love Hormone'

A new scientific study shows that petting your dog or cat can have just about the same effect on your mood as being around your infant. Scientists were able to conclude that the hormone oxytocin is released in similar quantities in both cases, triggering feelings of happiness, stress and depression relief, as well as...

14 January 2009
08:56 GMT

Keep Your Dog's Teeth Healthy

Everyone knows that dogs have very strong teeth that can easily chew their way through your favorite pair of shoes, furniture, and even family heirlooms. But their teeth are not impervious to the effects of their lifestyle. In fact, most dogs, of all species, develop one form or another of periodontal disease, which ...

20 December 2008
04:45 GMT

Dogs Can Be as Jealous as Humans

New scientific research proves without a doubt that not only primates are able to sense envy and jealousy, but that dogs can as well. In order to prove this, researchers used only similarly-trained dogs, and asked them to extend their paw under similar circumstances. As soon as the dog "next door" was getting more at...

8 December 2008
13:01 GMT

Malaysian Dogs to Sniff DVD Piracy into Oblivion

Malaysia doesn't have the best reputation when it comes to respecting intellectual property rights, and the authorities are trying to take measures to change that. Two male Labradors, specially trained to sniff out the chemicals used in DVD production, have been brought from Northern Ireland and will become the ...

4 March 2008
05:40 GMT

Nicole Saves The Poles. That Kinda' Rhymes, Doesn't It?

Now don't go throwing me that look. I never claimed Nicole Richie was the sharpest crayon in the box, nor that her pregnancy suddenly increased her brain power, too. But this piece of news is really funny - well, in a good way, I think. Also, it's about the most original (and funny) example of promotional w...

21 November 2007
09:26 GMT

Bark Free Stops Dogs from... Barking

Forget planning on how to kill your neighbour's dog. That's bad for your karma. Get this gizmo and "fix" any disrespectful barking dog that that keeps you from having your beauty sleep at night (whether it's your dog or your neighbour's).Here's how it works. The Deluxe Digital Bark Free Pro ...

26 April 2007
08:15 GMT

Gameloft Launches Catz and Petz

Gameloft has gotten a big head start on the market by partnering with Ubisoft to offer a very broad choice of virtual pet video games for everyone who loves animals. After Dogz, available since October 2006, Dogz 3D will be offered on a hundred or so different mobile phones, starting in April 2007, so that consumers ...

22 March 2007
04:16 GMT


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